The Euphoria of Being
2019 | Hungary | 83 min
ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

Éva Fahidi was 20 years old when she returned to Hungary from Auschwitz Birkenau. She was all alone, 49 members of her family were murdered, including her mother, her father and her little sister.

70 years later, aged 90, Éva is asked to participate in a dance-theatre performance about her life.

Director Réka Szabo imagines a duet between Éva and the internationally acclaimed dancer, Emese, juxtaposing these two women on stage, young and old, to see how their bodies and their stories can intertwine.

Éva agrees immediately.

Three women— three months—a story of crossing boundaries. Whilst key moments of Éva’s life are distilled into theater scenes, a powerful relationship forms between the three women.


Director Réka Szabó

Producers Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm), Réka Szabó (The Symptoms)

Executive Producers Flóra Kovács (The Symptoms), Jonathan Halperyn (Hero Squared)

Co-Producers László Jancsó (4Cut Post Digital), Szabolcs Győrffy (4Cut Post Digital), Philippe Fontenoy (Pom’Zed)

Editors Sylvie Gadmer, Péter Sass

Sound Rudolf Várhegyi

Music Balázs Barna

Cast Éva Fahidi, Emese Cuhorka, Réka Szabó


FESTIVALS
2019: Locarno (World Premiere)

AWARDS
Grand Prize of the Critics' Week (Locarno), Human Rights Award (Sarajevo)

AVAILABLE TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray


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